WEBVTT GREENSBORO WITH THE STORY.BILL: YEAH, THE COMEBACK DIDN'TLAST LONG.THE BILL BANNING SAME-SEXMARRIAGE IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL ATTHE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSEHOUSE SPEAKER TIM MOORE RESPONDSTO THE PROPOSED BAN ON SAME-SEXMARRIAGE WITH THIS STATEMENT --"THERE ARE STRONG CONSTITUTIONALCONCERNS WITH THIS LEGISLATION,GIVEN THAT THE U.S. SUPREMECOURT HAS FIRMLY RULED ON THEISSUE.THEREFORE, HOUSE BILL 780 WILLBE REFERRED TO THE HOUSE RULESCOMMITTEE AND WILL NOT BEHEARD."CAN WE GET YOUR REACTION TO THEEFFORTS TO MAKE SAME-SEXMARRIAGE ILLEGAL ONCE AGAIN?>> THAT IS WRONG FOR NORTHCAROLINA.BILL: GOVERNOR COOPER SAYS NORTHCAROLINA NEEDS TO BE A STATETHAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.GOV. COOPER: NOT ONLY IS ITWRONG, BUT IT SENDS THE WRONGMESSAGE .NOT ONLY IS IT WRONG,BILL: ARE YOU SURPRISED BY IT?GOV. COOPER: NOT SURPRISED ATALL.BILL: REPRESENTATIVE LARRYPITTMAN OF CABBARRUS COUNTY, AMINISTER, IS THE BILL'S CHIEFSPONSOR.HIS BILL BANNING SAME-SEXMARRIAGE INCLUDES A VERSE FROMSCRIPTURE -- "A MAN SHALL LEAVEHIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER ANDHOLD FAST TO HIS WIFE, AND THEYSHALL BECOME ONE FLESH."COLLECTS I THINK -- >> I THINKPEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NORTHCAROLINA ARE TIRED OF BEING ONLATE-NIGHT COMEDY SHOWS.BILL: A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LGBTCOMMUNITY SAYS EXTREMISTS IN THEREPUBLICAN PARTY REMIND HIM WHYPEOPLE NEED TO GET OUT AND VOTE.>> THEY KEY PROPOSING RIDICULOUSLEGISLATION, AND THEY'RE NOTGOING TO BE SATISFIED UNTIL THEYHAVE CODIFIED DISCRIMINATIONINTO THE LAWS OF OUR STATE.BILL: NORTH CAROLINA IS NOT THESTATE TO TRY AND OVERRULE THEFIRST SUPREME COURT.THE CHIEF JUDGE IN ALABAMA HADORDERED JUDGES IN THAT STATE NOTTO ISSUE SAME-SEX MARRIAGELICENSES.THAT CHIEF JUDGE WAS LATERREMOVED FROM OFFICE.

Gov. Roy Cooper told WXII 12 News that he wasn't surprised by legislation seeking to make same-sex marriage illegal in North Carolina.

Rep. Larry Pittman, a Republican from Cabbarrus County, introduced House Bill 870, legislation that attempts to overrule the U.S Supreme Court.

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House Speaker Tim Moore issued a statement today effectively killing the Pittman bill and issued the following statement: “There are strong constitutional concerns with this legislation given that the U.S. Supreme Court has firmly ruled on the issue, therefore House Bill 780 will be referred to the House Rules Committee and will not be heard.”

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